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Post by Army on Jun 8, 2006 11:09:44 GMT -5
There's also a video game. How exciting
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Post by Chaotic Master Darth Warious on Jun 8, 2006 16:20:42 GMT -5
*muffles laughter* How...er...Nice *goes back to hiding her laughter*
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Post by The Two on Jun 9, 2006 9:52:01 GMT -5
I want that game! LOL what is this world coming to? A video game that is based on a book that didn't even have a gun fight or a fight in any way.
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Post by jimbo on Jun 9, 2006 11:58:43 GMT -5
Mabye it's a puzzle game?
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Post by The Two on Jun 10, 2006 14:47:17 GMT -5
most likely. It's puzzling alright
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Post by SilverSergyon13 on Jun 15, 2006 13:46:32 GMT -5
We just found out that The DaVinci code is our required summer reading book for honors and AP class next year. I'm totally excited because I was gonna read the book anyway. I know of a few people who aren't really happy about it though.
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Post by Cy Skywalker on Jun 16, 2006 8:42:24 GMT -5
I've read two books on that list already, and I want to read Grendel and the Sherlock Holmes novella. Woo! I always said seniors get good ones. I have no idea how they're gonna have us write essays on Timeline though.
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Post by Chaotic Master Darth Warious on Jun 16, 2006 14:06:38 GMT -5
OoooH I have Grendel at the library! Whats the SH novella called?
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Post by Cy Skywalker on Jun 23, 2006 6:01:57 GMT -5
'Hound of the Baskervilles' .
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Post by SilverSergyon13 on Jun 26, 2006 21:44:16 GMT -5
Just finished reading Davinci code.
*shivers* Such a GOOD book!!!! I couldn't put the darned thing down! ABSOLUTELY. LOVED. IT.
I didn't find anything wrong with it. Had tons of good historical information, but that's not why I read it. Dan Brown is an awesome author. That book was very well written and there was some awesome suspense. Gotta love Teabing. And Silas's character was pretty cool too. Come on, a non-fantasy book with a cool character like Silas. Who would ever think to have a hooded albino??
I don't really understand why so many people are getting bent out of shape over this book. The Catholic church wasn't really painted in a bad light at all. I won't get into what I believe about the catholic church, but Davinci code spoke out again Opus Dei. It was Opus Dei who had killed the Senechaux, not the church. The church was perfectly innocent.
I don't know where any of you guys got the French ancester thing from. The book described the possibility of Jesus having a child, not that he was French.
The possibility of Jesus having an heir is not all that out there. It was and still is a very natural thing to marry. What would you think of a man today that was single his entire lifetime? Of course priests are single, but I don't entirely believe in that. It's not natural.
The Davinci code didn't in any way force beliefs, nor did it fully claim to present factual information. Think about it: Many of the things in the book are supposed to be "secrets". Do you really think this book would still be in print if everything in the book was true? The book cointained CHARACTERs who went on a little adventure.
Some of the things discussed in the book were things I already agreed with, but I certainly don't take the entire book as truth. I'm not going to go to the Louvre and search for the grail. I don't think that the book would inspire too many people to entriely change their beliefs.
One of the lines I can't agree more with is this: "The bible was not faxed from heaven; It was written by man." I have always believed this. I also don't believe there was ever a real ark filled with animals, nor do I believe in a populated world spawned from Adam and Eve. Logic alone does not permit these stories any truth. There's no way one man could fit that many animals into an ark and even if he did could you imagine the reprecussions of that much inbreeding? Our world today would be a gene pool disaster.
I also believe that man and woman are equal. Several leaders before the age of AD were women. Catholicism is a relatively new religion as compared to some of the older ones. There has been tons of bloodshed in the Catholic history, and a lot of this is recorded. Just think of the Spaniards who came to the new world and killed off all those who were non-believers....all for the good of their religion. And don't forget that many christian religions spawned from the catholic religion. So much of the catholic history is christian history as well.
I'm pretty tired right now so my thoughts are a bit fuzzy, but I definitely reccommend reading this book if you haven't already. I think if some of the more biased people could read it and get passed their hatred for the book, they would actually enjoy the fictional story it tells. There's an awesome story behind all this religion stuff and I have to say I was surprised at how little religion mention there actually was. There were a lot of pagan religions mentioned, but the davinci code spoke neither for them, nor against them.
Personally I think all the davinci code hype is a bunch of bull. I say just read the book and formulate an opinion. You can't tell me you know what the book is about, but not know the orb that ought be on his tomb ;-) I seriously don't know how people can speak so negatively about a book they refuse to read.
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Post by Armaneconalie on Jun 27, 2006 0:38:03 GMT -5
O.K. well looks like its time for a post! Well the whole getting married, having kids thing may be natural. But so! God is supernatural, He created natural. He's not exactly pure natural, He is both God and man yes, but you can't think of Him as simply a man and because it's natural for us it's natural for Him. He is God after all not just man. He came to set an example for priests (well for everyone but He was the first High Priest) A priest's job is first to bring us Jesus in Holy Communion, but also to be there when we need them WHENEVER. How could you have a family and do that? It wouldn't be fair on anyone's part. Priests are constantly on call. Any one who thinks a priest could POSSIBLY be married doesn't understand at all! Also its a thing about just totally giving up yourself for God. Not wanting ANYTHING else but Him. no family no husband (or wife for guys I guess ) just God. Thats really all you need if you have faith (faith as in the virtue, not the Religion kind.) Sure logically speaking thats not enough, but if you really think about it why would you need any thing else. God created EVERYTHING He can give you food and clothes and all that stuff when you need it. Just stay in the state of grace and ask Him for what you need and you'll get it (I would not advise those with a very little amount of faith, and are in the state of mortal sin, to go around the world with no food or supplies just to test it out though. Thats kinda just stupidity.) It all just depends on your vocation in life. Some are supposed to be religious (priests, nuns, monks) Some are supposed to just remain pure and single. And some are supposed to get married. Theres no "bad" vocation, some people are just meant to do things that others aren't. The ones that don't get married (in the virtuous way I mean, not just because) just really want to serve only God, not be distracted by the world. Life is just kind of a test (well more like an algebra test!) you know you want a good grade, but it just isn't easy. I mean why do you take a test, do you want to get distracted and get an f- (I do know that is not a real grade! um... I don't think so. a test ( and the world) aren't meant to be fun. Thats just the way it is. we're here right now to prove our love of God, to show it. Like in the way that you want to prove your smart, and get a good mark, but when you get distracted and lose your train of thought the grade turns out a lot worse than you know you could have done. So it may not seem fair, but really if it weren't for God we wouldn't even exist, which is why it's so funny when people think they can outsmart God. Like the "we know the molecular structure of this and we don't think the way God did it was good enough the first time, so lets do it our way." kind of thing I mean their acting like their smarter than God when if it weren't for Him they wouldn't exist, their so subconsciously dependent and they don't even know it! It's actually very sad. I think that too. But maybe in a different sense. I don't think men can do EVERYTHING women can do and I don't think women can do EVERYTHING men can do. But I think aside from the differences neither are more or less important. Well I didn't realize how late it was when I started this, I'm going to have to go to sleep, but I'll try to post more tomorrow. Till then, good night!
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Post by SilverSergyon13 on Jun 27, 2006 10:52:52 GMT -5
I went to website last night about the davinci code to look up some artwork and dan brown had a FAQ section. I found some of his answers interesting. He said he didn't write the book because he believes everything to be true, but he wrote it so that people would feel inclined to discuss their faith and religion. He stated that the information, secret societies, and conspiracies have always interested him, but he does not truly believe every single thing he wrote.
Anyway, a question for those who dislike the book: What exactly is it that makes you dislike the book so much? Is it simply the fact that the book points out that Jesus may have been a simple human and not part god at all? Does it scare you that people will all suddenly believe this?
I did a lot of research last night and found out a lot of interesting things, especially about Davinci's artwork. Everything written about davinci's artwork is true. It does appear that there is a woman in the last supper, but when looking at the newer versions, there no longer appears to be a women. There is also a hand holding a knife. Modonna of the rocks is real, and I saw most of what was spoken about in the book, but I didn't see the part with the hand looking like it was going to cut off one of the baby's heads.
I was also surprised to find that some of these documents spoken about in the book do exist. There's a document that was found that does indeed speak about the priory of sion, though I don't believe that document actually describes what the priory actually did. Some other documents *ugh I forget what they were called) were also found about Mary Magdelene.It's definitely some interesting stuff if you have the time to research it.
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Post by Armaneconalie on Jun 27, 2006 14:33:16 GMT -5
I'm just gonna start off from where I was going last night before I got sleepy O.K. well in the Religion thread I kinda already said something about this but I'll just do it again! While the Bible was written by men, it was authored by God. So in a sense it almost was faxed from Heaven. Not in the same way as the Ten Commandments, but still God was the one in charge of what was written. Also why would there be the same stories in the Old Testament Catholic Bible, that Jewish still believe as well? Really it does all come together, as far as the Old Testament goes, Jews, Christians, and I think Muslims (I'm not sure about them as much though) believe the same thing. It is historical facts. I mean why believe your history book then, it could be wrong too. God created the world, whatever he wants to have happen will. Science, logic, nature all have NOTHING to do with it. Its like if your painting something, once it's done you can still change it, your the one in charge, not the paint, brush or canvas. Thats just it. why did Christian Religions spawn off from Catholicism? Catholicism was the Religion started by Jesus. So what about the other ones? They're just bits and pieces of Catholicism. You can't really say Catholicism was a pre Christianity, it is still a Religion, it is very much un dead. So Catholic history is Catholic history. Lutheran history is Lutheran history. Baptist history is Baptist history etc. They're not the same. No, it doesn't scare me. Its a lie. Thats all there is to it. You can't really say "well its just fiction, of course it's not true" but there's a difference between fiction and trash. A book that insults Our Lord in my opinion is trash. Jesus was God. So why would I want to read anything that opposes that? Well in reality there was a woman at the last super. Our Lady was there. She actually was with Our Lord a lot more than what is mentioned in the Bible. "The mystical city of God" by Ven. Mary of Agreda is one of the best books to learn about Our Lady. Here's a link to read the book online: www.geocities.com/Athens/Ithaca/7194/ Well I think that's just about it! and I have to go clean. Mom sprained her hand really bad and I have to help her round the house.
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Post by SilverSergyon13 on Jun 28, 2006 7:49:51 GMT -5
I don't really have time to post more, but I'll just post this real quick.I don't have my glasses on, so I can't really see.
YES, exazctly. History was written by man and often times the history books are written by the "winner" of the war. The bible was written by those who believed in Catholicism, not by those who witnessed the same events, but did not believe.I'm sure you'd get a whole different bible if it were written by, say, an egyptian or something lik that. I [/i]don't[/i] think history books are accurate. I don't believe anything written by the hand of man is fully accurate - God inspired or not.
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Post by Cy Skywalker on Jun 29, 2006 11:05:02 GMT -5
Oh yeah, the Priory of Sion is supposed to be real. I have a book about secret organizations that you might be really interested in...But I like your point about if all these organizations are real and as powerful as said, wouldn't they have stopped the book with their secrets in it from being published?
The thing about the arc is, that's why He's called God. He can do things like make that specific population of animals which He saved, be genetically able to make another worldwide population if that's what He needs for the purposes of the situation. He invented the complicated genetics we now know of. The book Case for a Creator has some very interesting things about evolution and such, if you'd like to investigate that way.
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Post by Army on Jul 13, 2006 17:28:16 GMT -5
what does "commandeered" mean?
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Post by Cy Skywalker on Jul 14, 2006 8:03:37 GMT -5
'Comandeered': stolen, pirated. Someone admin pirated our 'the's.
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Post by SilverSergyon13 on Jul 14, 2006 11:16:57 GMT -5
Mwhahaha...*snicker*
I didn't do it.
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Post by EK- headbanger for Christ on Jul 18, 2006 12:51:49 GMT -5
This topic as doomed to flaming even before it was created. The Davinci Code is blasphemy. No one can argue that it is "just fiction," because it bases itself in the light of "truth." It claimes it bases its plot on truth. It's the utmost diabolical lie of the 21st century. The DaVinci Code may be "fiction," but see it this way: if someone were to make a book about my friend, say that they found a picture of them...lets say talking to a girl/guy, and made a book about some made-up scandal they had, should I read it and say it was "cool," or "funny," or anything of the sort? NO! It would devistate my friend, and their reputation. The book would be lying, saying it found "evidence" that my friend had an affair with someone, though that is completely untrue. Besides that it goes much further. So far as to say Christianity as a whole is a giant conspiracy. No matter what people say, The DaVinci Code WILL condemn peoples' souls to hell, because they will turn from thier faith, believe in falsehoods, and proclaim false truths. I've heard people say things like "I like the DaVinci Code because I hate Christianity." I was out of town, unfortunently, when my family and people from my parish went to protest outside the theater. They told me about all the people who spit at their feet, flashed demonic signs at them, yelled at them, blasted out thier music against their protesting, etc. There is NOTHING good about the DaVinci code. Nothing. No ounce of virtue, holiness, or good morals. It is the devil's reply to The Passion of the Christ. I've said what is required of me. Others can carry on whatever I may have left out. i definately agree with you on all accounts. there are some things that should not be written about. here's the thing! IT CAN BE USED AS A TOOL OF SATAN! i knew about this guy who was so close to becoming a Christian and because of this book got angry at all Christians and now he's going to go to Hell unless something changes. it's really sad because some people don't consider it a big deal but it can still to damage the Bible says "whatever is true, whatever is lovely, whatever is pure dwell upon such things" i don't care if this topic get's people's opinions of me bashed, i think i said the right things
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Post by SilverSergyon13 on Jul 21, 2006 13:34:37 GMT -5
If a book was enough to make that guy turn away from christianity, than there was something wrong. Obviously his potential faith in christianity was not strong and not meant to be. I can't agree that he, or anyone else for that matter, will go to hell...simply because there is no way we can know that.
The book didn't cause me to hate christians, in fact it was more about catholics than anything. I obviously don't believe the church is after us (though it does make for a great story) It was JUST a story and almost everyone I've talked to who has read it, believes the same. I really think you have to read it to argue about it.
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